An Giang: High-tech melon farming brings stable income

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The melon farm yields high productivity thanks to an automated drip irrigation system controlled via smartphone. Photo: Thanh Sang – VNA
Huynh Ngoc Dien cultivates 3–4 melon crops per year, each yielding 2–3 tonnes, sold at prices ranging from VND 40,000 to 60,000 per kilogram depending on the season. Photo: Thanh Sang – VNA
Huynh Ngoc Dien tending her high-tech greenhouse-grown melons in My An 2 hamlet, My Hoa Hung commune, An Giang. Photo: Thanh Sang – VNA
To ensure pollination, Dien raises honeybees inside the greenhouse, creating a natural ecological environment for the crops. Photo: Thanh Sang – VNA
Golden, high-quality melons meeting the standards for distribution to clean agricultural store chains. Photo: Thanh Sang – VNA
An Giang: High-tech melon farming brings stable income
From once low-yield rice and vegetable fields, many farmers in My Hoa Hung commune, An Giang province, are now shifting to high-tech melon cultivation in greenhouses. A notable example is the model of Huynh Ngoc Dien’s family in My An 2 hamlet, who converted 1,400 square meters of rice land into a melon farm. The shift has brought her a stable livelihood, with income 4–5 times higher than before. Photo: Thanh Sang – VNA